The Cousins

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Kili Watch 00:00 Tools
Kili-Watch 02:35 Tools
Dang Dang 02:02 Tools
Peppermint Twist 00:00 Tools
Kana Kapila 00:00 Tools
Bouddha 00:00 Tools
The Robot 00:00 Tools
Killi Watch 00:00 Tools
Dansevise 02:37 Tools
Run Away 00:00 Tools
Apache 03:25 Tools
New Orleans 00:00 Tools
Manhattan Spiritual 00:00 Tools
Behind the Glass 00:00 Tools
Deep in the Valley 07:09 Tools
Michael 02:40 Tools
Clutch - Kid Cedek Remix 00:00 Tools
Robot 00:00 Tools
Pep's 00:00 Tools
When My Baby Smiles At Me 02:23 Tools
Relax 00:00 Tools
Some of These Days 00:00 Tools
Anda 00:00 Tools
Madagascar 02:31 Tools
Swingova 00:00 Tools
Midnight Sun Will Never Set 02:10 Tools
All Right, Mama 00:00 Tools
Hey Mae 00:00 Tools
Tel-Aviv 00:00 Tools
Fuego 00:00 Tools
Breakout 00:00 Tools
Kathleen 00:00 Tools
Elle A Dit MMM 00:00 Tools
Deeper 00:00 Tools
SOS 00:00 Tools
St. Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
Rattlesnake Love 00:00 Tools
Basin Street Blues 00:00 Tools
Little Honda 00:00 Tools
Sing, Sing, Sing 00:00 Tools
Poor Mourner 00:00 Tools
Wadiya 00:00 Tools
L'amour et la musique 00:00 Tools
Limbo Rock 00:00 Tools
Blues in the Night 00:00 Tools
Broken Angel 00:00 Tools
Stodola 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Here For You 02:48 Tools
Marche Tout Droit: Walk Right In 00:00 Tools
SOS ON THE MIST 00:00 Tools
Wabash Blues 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Got Nobody 00:00 Tools
Dreaming Guitar 00:00 Tools
Jumpin' At the Woodside 00:00 Tools
A ROOM 00:00 Tools
Tel Aviv (Palette, 1963) 00:00 Tools
Lovers Heart 00:00 Tools
The Story of a Country Boy: Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck 00:00 Tools
The house of the rising sun 00:00 Tools
Bikini Baby Breakdown 00:00 Tools
Do Re Mi 00:00 Tools
OK Twist 00:00 Tools
Hully gully boy 00:00 Tools
Dale Que Dale 00:00 Tools
Walk Away 00:00 Tools
Tropical Horizon 00:00 Tools
Aye Lula 00:00 Tools
If You Could Only Be Me 00:00 Tools
Mood Indigo 00:00 Tools
Lemonade 00:00 Tools
Bouddah 00:00 Tools
I told you so 00:00 Tools
YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN 00:00 Tools
Killy Watch 00:00 Tools
Keep Going 00:00 Tools
Wang, Wang, Blues 00:00 Tools
You Can Lie 00:00 Tools
Attention Earthlings 00:00 Tools
Kiliwatch 00:00 Tools
Hambone 00:00 Tools
Never Satisfied 00:00 Tools
The Clown 00:00 Tools
Lawdy Lawdy 00:00 Tools
TONIOSONG 00:00 Tools
Lover's Heart 00:00 Tools
Marchand de parasols 00:00 Tools
ANDY STONE 00:00 Tools
all right, mama (belgium) 00:00 Tools
Power Pound 00:00 Tools
Killi-Watch 00:00 Tools
Lark Day 00:00 Tools
You'd Better Watch Your Baby 00:00 Tools
Elle a Dit: MMM 00:00 Tools
Christina 00:00 Tools
Parasol 00:00 Tools
Relax Baby 00:00 Tools
Plere pays moin 00:00 Tools
Sweet Virginia 00:00 Tools
You caught me at the hop 00:00 Tools
Das alte Haus in New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun) 00:00 Tools
Just To Be With You 00:00 Tools
Hey Hey! 00:00 Tools
A Girl Named Sue 00:00 Tools
Twistin' Baby 00:00 Tools
When The Cousins Come Twistin' In 00:00 Tools
The robot (Belgium, 1962) 00:00 Tools
Ask Me Why 00:00 Tools
Hey Hey 00:00 Tools
All Right Mama 00:00 Tools
Dansevise (Belgium, 1963) 00:00 Tools
buzzbandnoïz 00:00 Tools
Nothin' 00:00 Tools
Tel Aviv 00:00 Tools
Ghirlanda 00:00 Tools
Tentation 00:00 Tools
Je reviendrai my love 00:00 Tools
Pour twister (Twistin' baby) 00:00 Tools
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The Cousins were a Belgian rock & roll group of the late fifties and early sixties who were among the first to successfully export "rock & roll" music from Belgium. They played Shadows-like music and also had a stage act which resembled that of The Shadows. Started off at the end of the fifties as "La Jeune Equipe", their main occupation was playing at the birthday parties of the rich and noble. They changed their name to "Les Cousins" when they were asked to perform in a club with the same name on the 14th of July (French fête nationale). It's there that the group gets a record contract with Jean Klüger. The cheerful song "Kili Watch" of 1960 becomes an instant and huge hit. In a few months 50.000 copies are sold, an enormous amount for the Belgian record market at that point. The song is an adaptation of an Indian warsong that bass-player Derese had picked up during his years as a boy-scout. A fight over the royalties for "Kili-Watch" had Derese leaving the group. He formed "The Kili-Jacks" but failed to make an impact. The group managed to extend their popularity for more than 5 years. In "Wit-lof from Belgium" it says : "They were clean boys, always smiling and in clean suits that knew where to get their inspiration. Listen to the newest dance craze abroad, add a bit of folklore and a spiceless Shadows-sauce and bingo!. Titles like "When the Cousins come twistin' in" and "The Limbo Rock" speak for themselves." They also had the press behind them, as they were the first Belgian "rock-n-rollers" that made it abroad : Germany, Italy, France, Denmark, Zaire and Argentina (where they enjoyed the status of half-gods under the name "Los Primos".). The game lasted till the end of 1966. More then 20 years later they would reform occasionally to perform on "Golden Oldies" and collect some Diamond Awards. Hits (in Belgium): - Kili Watch (1960, highest position n° 3, 6 months on the charts) - Buddha / Kana kapila (1961, highest position n° 10) - Parasol (1961, highest position n° 15) - Dang dang (1961, highest position n° 9) - Relax (1962, highest positon n° 14) - Lawdy lawdy (1962, highest positon n° 15) - Whadiya (1963, highest position n° 18) - Dansevise (1963, highest position n° 15) Albums : - The Cousins (1962, Palette) - Live (1964, MGPB) Compilations : - Greatest Hits (1966, Palette) - Twist (EMI) - Golden Bestsellers (EMI Bestsellers) - The best of (Ariola, 1989) Band members : - André Vande Meerschout (vocals and guitar) - Guido Vande Meerschout (vocals and guitar) - Gust Derese / Jean Huysmans (bass) - Adrien Ransy / Pol Préciaux (drums) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.